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The Americas derivatives community came together in New York to recognise and celebrate outstanding achievements across the industry
The derivatives market gathered in London on Thursday night to celebrate its leading players
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Hedge funds and real money desks were seen re-entering hedges on iTraxx Main in a week when flow in credit options was dominated by sellers of volatility across indices, especially on out-of-the-money strikes. -
John O’Brien, former managing director and head of New York derivatives sales at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, started at Deutsche Bank this week.
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A recent no-action letter from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission that provided swap execution facilities relief from certain data reporting requirements for uncleared derivatives should be extended to cleared contracts.
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Investors have been buying short-dated options on the euro and US dollar against the Canadian dollar, as the Canadian unit has continued to strengthen over recent days following the announcement that Burger King will buy Canadian fast food chain Tim Hortons.
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Eris exchange has seen increased popularity in its seven-year standard swap futures contract, as firms look for ways to avoid the swap execution facility mandate for packaged trades under Dodd-Frank.
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Hedge funds are holding back from signing up to the International Swaps and Derivatives Association protocol, which will automatically upgrade existing derivatives transactions between two signing counterparties to the new 2014 credit definitions. The funds want to wait and see how liquidity compares after the new contracts are released on Sept. 22.
